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The Dispersion Oval
Why this drill
One drive tells you nothing; twenty drives draw a shape. Seeing your real left-right spread as an oval on the screen replaces wishful aiming with an honest personal fairway — and quietly retires the idea that your best drive is your normal one.
Setup
Launch monitor or simulator with a shot-plot view, driver, twenty balls. Pick a virtual fairway or a target line on the screen before the first swing.
The drill
Twenty drives, full routine on every ball, playing each one as an opening tee shot — no rapid-fire, no "that one doesn't count." Every ball counts; that is the point. Then read the plot: the width of the oval is your fairway requirement, the center of the oval — not the target line — is where you actually aim. Note the long-and-offline corner too; that ball is the one that costs doubles. Write down two numbers: total spread in yards, and how far the oval's center sits from your aim line. Aim on the course moves accordingly.
One thought to take with you
Aim the center of your oval, not the center of the fairway — play the shape you actually own.